Etymograph

English

foraminate

Foraminate comes from Late Latin forāminātus ‘foraminate, having openings’, from Latin forō ‘to pierce or bore’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerH-‘to pierce’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforō‘to pierce or bore’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEforāmen‘an opening or aperture produced by boring’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEforāminātus‘foraminate, having openings’
  5. Englishtodayforaminate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerH-‘to pierce’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforō‘to pierce or bore’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEforāmen‘an opening or aperture produced by boring’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEforāminātus‘foraminate, having openings’
  5. Englishtodayforaminate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ‘to pierce’

brown, bone, boring, berry, bore, beaver, interfere, brunette, bruin, burnish, 11 more

Today it means

adj Having foramina or openings.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- / foraminate

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